From: Ye Bin <yebin10@xxxxxxxxxx> commit d16ff19e69ab57e08bf908faaacbceaf660249de upstream. Maybe __create_persistent_data_objects() caller will use PTR_ERR as a pointer, it will lead to some strange things. Signed-off-by: Ye Bin <yebin10@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/md/dm-cache-metadata.c | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) --- a/drivers/md/dm-cache-metadata.c +++ b/drivers/md/dm-cache-metadata.c @@ -508,12 +508,16 @@ static int __create_persistent_data_obje CACHE_MAX_CONCURRENT_LOCKS); if (IS_ERR(cmd->bm)) { DMERR("could not create block manager"); - return PTR_ERR(cmd->bm); + r = PTR_ERR(cmd->bm); + cmd->bm = NULL; + return r; } r = __open_or_format_metadata(cmd, may_format_device); - if (r) + if (r) { dm_block_manager_destroy(cmd->bm); + cmd->bm = NULL; + } return r; }